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NEWS ABOUT: Cedars Sinai Hospital

Cedars Sinai Hospital stories: 6 news summaries

LA Patients Get Deadly Blast
of Radiation in Screw-Up

Hospital hits hundreds of stroke patients with 8 times the normal dose

Oct 13, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mistake at LA’s famed Cedars-Sinai hospital has subjected more than 200 patients to dangerous levels of radiation. Everyone who has come to the hospital with a suspected stroke since February 2008 has gotten eight times the normal dose of radiation, the LA Times reports. That was when... More »

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CT scans • radiation • stroke • CT scanner • Cedars Sinai Hospital

(Newser) - Dennis Quaid and his wife have settled for $750,000 with a Los Angeles hospital that accidentally overdosed their newborns on a blood-thinning drug last year, People reports. The twins, who fought for their lives after receiving Heparin, are now in good health, giving the story what Quaid called a... More »

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baby • newborns • Dennis Quaid • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Kimberly Quaid • Heparin

McMahon
Sues Billionaire, Hospital Over Broken Neck

He blames unsafe stairs, shoddy care

Jul 19, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venerable TV sidekick and debtor Ed McMahon is suing two parties he says have contributed to his financial crisis, People reports. First, McMahon’s suit alleges that “unsafe entry stairs” at a billionaire investor’s home caused him to fall and break his neck; the second party is... More »

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personal finance • lawsuit • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Ed McMahon • broken bone • Robert Day

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Newborns 'overdosed while we're there,' actor says

Jan 15, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Dennis and Kimberly Quaid trusted their sick newborns to an LA hospital, and less than 9 hours later, the children's lives were in danger. "Our kids could have been dying," the actor says, "and we wouldn't have been able to come down to the hospital to say... More »

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twins • celebrity • overdose • Dennis Quaid • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Kimberly Quaid • Heparin • Zoe Grace Quaid • Thomas Boone Quaid

Britney Downed Toxic Cocktail Pre-Meltdown

Purple Monsters, Vicodin, Ritalin, Zantac, sleeping pills, oh my!

Jan 7, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Oops, she popped pills again—and again, and again, reports the New York Post, describing the cocktail of 100 prescription pills pop spectacle Britney Spears washed down with a "Purple Monster" (a mix of vodka, Nyquil, and Red Bull) in the 36 hours leading up to her flip-out. Even... More »

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Britney Spears • prescription drugs • vodka • meltdown • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Purple Monster • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • Dr Phil

Britney Throws Fit, Gets Freed From Hospital

Star yelled at staff and pulled IV; Dr. Phil plans Britney-themed show

Jan 5, 08 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - An L.A. hospital released Britney Spears today after she threw a fit, screaming at hospital staff, refusing to sit still, and yanking out her IV, TMZ.com reports. Exhibiting what sources have called signs of bipolar disorder, Spears was being held for evaluation after a dispute with ex-husband Kevin... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • Cedars Sinai Hospital • custody battle

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